Ji Zi Volume Chapter 205: No choice, join the trap
If what Bushiya Mara said is true, it means that the Yongping Mansion is by no means limited to the three Liaodong elite fire gun battalions, and even includes some naval battalions.
No one knows what the origin of this naval camp is, how many people there are, what the equipment is, and they have no idea. It would be tragic if they were bumped into and kicked onto the iron plate.
Other than knowing that the opponent was mainly composed of firecrackers, with ferocious firepower and tenacious combat, they knew nothing else. The intelligence from Jianzhou Jurchen was also obviously wrong, which led to such a disaster.
Hongguo'er was speechless when asked by the two men, and had to stammer: "Zhuoli Ketu, Seter, and the opening of the Yuguan port have only happened in the past two months. Indeed, many goods in the tribe came from Yuguan."
I came over there, but I didn’t know about the Zhou navy fleet until I set off this time, but I don’t know anything about the naval camp. How can this navy go ashore to fight?"
Busia Mara sneered, "Who said the navy can't go ashore? How do we grassland tribes know this situation? The naval camp of the Zhou Navy is specially used for landing operations. They all use fire guns, and they are the most popular ones.
A useful self-generated fire gun!”
The noble chiefs on the grasslands are no strangers to self-generated fire guns. Although the people on the grasslands are still unfamiliar with fire guns for various reasons, these upper-class nobles can still see some new things.
Self-generating fireguns do not require a match rope, but use a serrated wheel and flint friction to generate sparks to trigger the gunpowder, thereby achieving the purpose.
However, this kind of thing is complicated and delicate, easy to damage, requires very particular care in storage, and is inconvenient to operate and requires special training, so it is not very popular among people on the grassland.
However, they also know that if this kind of thing is equipped on a large scale and used together, it will be even more powerful than ordinary firecrackers because their shooting frequency is much faster.
Bushiyamala's words shocked all the leaders of Khalkha. If such sailors had entered Yongping Mansion, no matter which county they deployed their defenses in, they would cause great trouble to the attackers.
"Bushiya Mara, you said this is the Denglai Navy. Denglai is far away in Shandong. Why do you want to come to Yongping Mansion to fight? As far as I know, the armies of the Zhou Dynasty are responsible for their own affairs, just like Liaodong.
The Jizhen army rarely goes to support Jizhen, and the Jizhen army will never go to fight in Xuanfu if it does not receive orders from the Zhou Dynasty." Zaisai questioned.
"Zaisai, there are some things that you just don't know." Busia Mara smiled contemptuously: "You only know that Mr. Feng is the only son of Governor Feng and a well-known scholar in the capital city, but you don't He didn’t know that the uncle of the woman he was engaged to was Prince Teng, the governor of Denglai, and he didn’t know that Shen Yourong, the naval admiral of Denglai, was recommended to Prince Teng by him!”
"..., his father, Prince Teng, the governor of Denglai, and Niu Jizong, the governor of Xuanda, are all descendants of the group of heroes who followed the founding emperor of the Zhou Dynasty to conquer the world. In their Zhou Dynasty, such people were called Wu Xun. Similar to the descendants of Mu Huali, Borhu, Borshu, Chi Laowen and Zhebie under Genghis Khan, do you understand?"
"..., they all will support each other and help each other, or it may be like the relationship between the five of you. If you are attacked by outsiders, Zhuangtu, will Manggu Da and Bilingtu help? Definitely, now. Feng Ziying is a co-president in Yongping Mansion and was attacked by the Mongols. Do you think the Denglai Navy and the Liaodong Army will help? Of course they will within their ability. The reason is that simple."
Busiya Mara talked so eloquently that all the noble chiefs from Nei Khalkha and Horqin were dumbfounded.
They didn't know much about Da Zhou, that is, they only knew about the situation of the frontier army commanders and generals they were facing head-on. They focused more on what Da Zhou's caravan could bring to the tribe, and the tribe's What kind of good price can the local specialties be sold at the Dazhou caravan?
There are no channels to understand the complex relationships between officials and generals like these in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and they don't have the energy and thought to inquire about it. How can they know about it?
Probably only the Jianzhou Jurchens under the rule of Nurhachi would have such thought and energy to inquire about these things. Even Lin Dan Batur did not have the "leisure and ease" to understand these things.
Zaisai's face became more and more ugly. He was sure that Busia Mara was here to be a lobbyist for Dazhou, but he didn't know what benefits were promised to Busia Mara. Actually working so hard?
If it was purely because Ye He's tribe needed the support of Liaodong Town, it would be very interesting to have three thousand elite armored cavalry of Ye He to assist in the battle. But to have Busia Mara, a person who usually has a higher level of vision, as a lobbyist, it would be very interesting. It’s incredible. I don’t know what kind of ecstasy the man surnamed Feng gave Busia Mara.
Zaisai took a deep breath, looked directly at Busia Mara and said: "Busiya Mara, what are your intentions in coming to tell us today? If you are here to be a lobbyist for someone named Feng, then tell the truth. If It is here to remind us to be careful when attacking prefectures and counties like Yongping Prefecture. We accept your kindness and you can leave. We know what to do. A naval camp will not let the warriors of Nei Khalkha and Horqin Just retreat."
Bushiya Mara nodded slightly, "Zai Sai, I have long warned you, Hongji Labu, not to listen to the slanders of Lindan Batur and Nurhaci. I know it is not that simple to go south to attack the Great Zhou Dynasty, but you are still riding a tiger and are unable to get off, and you have lost your troops and sacrificed your generals."
I can't explain to the tribe that I have paid such a heavy price and returned in such a dejected state, but I would like to ask, what is your purpose of going south this time?"
Bushiyamala's question aroused a burst of ridicule. Seter, Zhuantu, even Mangguda and Hongguoer all looked disdainful. Finally, Hongguoer answered: "Busiyamala, could it be that
You Haixi Jurchens have never plundered Dazhou? You have become a little more peaceful in the past few years. You got some leftovers from Dazhou and ate them, so you pretended to be innocent in front of us?"
"Yes, our warriors on the grassland, if they want to survive, they can only come to Dazhou. Hasn't it been like this for thousands of years?" Seter also said with a serious face.
“Well, that makes sense, but what’s the purpose of going south?” Bushiyamala didn’t feel dissatisfied and still asked calmly.
"Of course it's gold and silver, silk and cloth, tea, porcelain, iron and copper materials, and of course people..." Manggu said impatiently: "Busiya Mara, what do you want to say, while everyone is here?
, just say it directly. You are not from the Zhou Dynasty. At most, you just want to do a favor for Feng in Yongping Mansion out of face. If Zaisai can do it, he will definitely help you. If he can't, you
It’s useless to talk about it.”
I didn't expect that a rough man like Mang Guda could say such a thing. Zai Sai even looked at Mang Guda a few more times, but he added than Lingtu: "It should be said that if it is good for our inner kalkha and Yong.
Everyone is happy to see that things are going well in Pingfu, but if we are to go back with nothing, Bushyamara, although you saved the lives of our two brothers, I still have to say, this is not
Maybe, our five inner Khalkha tribes and Horqin have already paid tens of thousands of lives in this expedition, and nothing can be worth so much!"
Both Zaisai and Zhuoli Ketuhunbatulu understood the meaning of Bi Lingtu's words. Zaisai nodded: "Busiya Mara, is it the person named Feng who asked you to come and negotiate terms with us? That's fine.
How much are they willing to pay to get us out of Yongping Mansion?”
As soon as Zaisai said this, everyone else became restless. If you can't get what you want without fighting, that's great, but is this possible?
Bushiyamala laughed and said, "Zaisai, your tone seems to be that Da Zhou has lost the battle and is pleading with you?"
Zaisai sneered, "Victory and defeat are common matters for military officers. This is an old proverb of the Han people. We still have enough strength to win the next battle."
"Really? Are you so sure?" Busia Mara sneered in return, "Three gun battalions, plus a sailor battalion, do not count the three thousand armored cavalry of our Yehe tribe, nor the Jizhen cavalry.
The battalion is still roaming in the north, and Chai Guozhu's soldiers from Shanhaiguan can go south at any time. Zaisai, which county are you planning to attack? Luanzhou or Changli, or simply go further away and attack Leting? You know their muskets.
Where is the camp deployed? Aren't you afraid that after Ji Town gets the news, they will use their hands to cut off your retreat?"
Bushiyamala’s last sentence hit the point, and it was also the most difficult thing for Zasai to make up his mind.
Lulong is difficult to fight, and Funing is more dangerous. Only Changli and Luanzhou are left, but Changli has penetrated deep into the hinterland of Yongping. South of Jieshi Mountain, Luanzhou is better, but according to the Jurchen intelligence in Jianzhou, the city wall of Luanzhou
It has also been strengthened, raised and repaired like Qian'an, making it difficult to fight.
The key is that we still don’t know which county the Fire Gun Battalion in Liaodong Town is deployed in. Maybe the Great Zhou showed weakness and deliberately lured his side to attack Luanzhou or Changli. As a result, they were all over the place, and even ended up with them.
It might be possible to attract a pincer attack from the Zhou armies from Jizhen and Shanhaiguan, which would really outweigh the gains and losses.
Zaisai's face was so gloomy that he was about to burst into tears, and he stared at Busia Mara: "Busiya Mara, there is no need to say this, just come up with the conditions! I don't believe that you came to us for our own good.
After all this time, I only have one thing to say: If I don’t offer enough conditions, I would rather die another 10,000 or 20,000 people to attack Luanzhou or Changli. You know I am telling the truth, and none of us here have a choice!"